'Arrow' actor leaves social media after Ahmed Mohamed comments

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Stephen Amell is taking a hiatus from social media after comments regarding the Texas teenager, who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school, caused heavy backlash.

The Arrow actor posted a list of clarifications on Twitter before announcing he will be leaving the site and others like it for some time. "Didn't mean to offend anyone. Truthfully," Amell said in a video posted to Facebook. "Was simply suggesting that two wrongs don't make a right. I'll go away for a bit now."

Originally, the 34-year-old Canadian actor posted a tweet stating "Stereotyping Texas isn't any better than stereotyping Ahmed. Just so we're clear."

The post gained thousands of replies challenging Amell's views, which prompted the actor to -- instead of continuing the discourse -- explain himself in the form of a list.

"I can't believe I broke my rule and tweeted about an actual event. Staggering to remember the debates in 140 characters don't work," he wrote in the first tweet before agreeing Ahmed's arrest was "terrible."

"I'm not apologizing," Amell continued. "If you're outraged at an opinion it's because you're bored."

Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed was invited to the White House after President Obama heard word of his arrest. "Cool clock, Ahmed," he wrote on his Twitter page. "Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great."

Mohamed faces no charges after he was arrested in Texas for bringing to school a homemade clock teachers and administrators mistook for a bomb -- a detention some claim was due to his Muslim background.

Stephen Amell caused an uproar on social media after suggesting stereotyping Texas as a state is just as bad as doing the same toward 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed. Photo by amellywood/Twitter